Wednesday, 8 August 2012

Marshmallow fluff cupcakes

Certain
words just get me every time; if something has one of these words in the title
I am opening my purse before my brain has even questioned whether I need the
item. 'Vintage' is one. 'Plush' is another. I can now add 'fluff' to the list. I’m still not really sure what turns
marshmallow into marshmallow fluff, but before I could find out I owned a
couple of jars of the stuff and wondered what to use it for!

What I can
say is that it is the stickiest, sweetest substance I have encountered. It stuck to the spoon so I used a knife to
scrape it off. It then stuck to the
knife so I used a spatula to scrape that off...can you see where this is going? It even made the baked sponge sticky. Until I got it under control I had visions of
Mr CC getting home and finding me stuck in the middle of a marshmallow fluff web
in the kitchen.

Now, all of
this might make you think that I didn’t bond with it (actually, I bonded rather
too well – sticking two of my fingers together!) but it does have one thing in
its favour – it is delicious! I can
forgive it all its ‘handling issues’!

These
cupcakes are very sweet and simple looking.
I think what makes them, is the texture – that mallowy sticky
sweetness. They are sweet, I cut down on
the icing sugar in the buttercream from the original recipe and they are still
very sweet. If you know anyone on the
cusp of diabetes maybe steer them away from this recipe!

NB. I bought my marshmallow fluff from Amazon, but I have noticed that
some ‘old fashioned’ sweet shops also stock it.

23 comments:

I love what you have done with them! I love Fluff :-) I cut a hole out of the sponge and fill it, then buttercream on top. Also yummy! It's so hard to get off the spoons etc, so I have a glass of warm water ready so I can use a wet finger to scoop the Fluff off. Works a treat :-)

Oh CC - these look fab - I love the profile of the sliced buttercream - it looks nice and thick and creamy!I have a recipe for making marshmallow fluff - wonder if that would work just as well as the jarred stuff?

They look great - such a lovely texture. I do like seeing the inside of a cupcake too! Fluff is a fab word - and Sainsburys stock it too - I've seen it in my nearest one (quite a big store). For me, the word 'chocolate' has me sold without question.

Ooh lovely, good to find another use for marshmallow fluff other than whoopie pies. I wasn't overly enamoured by whoopie pies but loved the fluff itself. A girl I worked with last summer said she likes to spread it on toast!

Oh I love Fluff, I've blogged about it too. These cakes look fab - I've only ever used it in whoopee pies as a good veggie alternative to marshmallow. You can get it in strawberry flavour too and you can buy it in Asda as well! Hoorah!

I just spotted marshmallow fluff and raspberry fluff in sainsburys today! I used mine for whoopie pies and yes they are horrendously sticky but delicious. Love your cute cupcakes - adding to ever growing to bake list :)

Can't wait to try the recipe, they look so good. The only thing I have ever done with fluff is make "fluffer nutter" sandwiches, it is a peanut butter and fluff sandwich, my oldest son loves them, must admit I do too! love reading your blog, makes me homesick-transplanted Scot in NY.

I've never tried marshmallow fluff but always seen so many tempting recipes with it - now Sainsbury's has started occasionally stocking it I'm looking forward to giving it a go. Love the double dose of fluff in this recipe!

What a good idea. I put mine in the centre but would love to give this a go. I have a two spoon technique plus sticking your tongue out helps >< for added concentration or too lick spills which ever comes first :-)I buy from ocado and sometimes waitrose with shopping to save on postage/delivery costs.

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